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THURSDAY MAY 5 1904
IBB PARK KEEPER
Some days ago we colled attention
tdtmVfootthat the malihini keeper
of Kdpiolani park who has no legal
right to be there bad been abueivo
to a sshool teacher Bnd the class of
pupils being conducted through the
grounds bj ber Sinoo then there
have bien developments of a char
acter that must impress every per
son possessing a disposition to
think These pupils sixty in num
ber ware by provious arrangement
to writs childs compositions giving
theirown ideas of everything they
saw and the experiences of the oc
casion Almost without exception
these composition dwell to a large
exteut upon the treatment the child
ren received at the hands of tbo
park keeper and in every case in
whiah the subject is mentioned the
children state in their own way
that the park keeper was abusive to
them A consensus of the statements
of the littlo ones shows that tho czar
of the publio play ground spoiled
the pleasure of their picnic
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Somo of thets compositions have
attracted our special notioe It is
moat significant however that all
of them although written indepen
dently of each other bring out the
identical point tho Xaot that the
children were improperly treated
The disclosure forces us to ask Aro
the sixty ohildren of taxpayers out
for a ponioin a park which the tax
pa on pay for to be insulted and
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to have their diy spoiled by a man
who was arbitrarily brought here by
tho Park Commission and whoso
salary is paid by tho parents of these
ohildron and the parents of other
ohildren of tho city I We think
not It is high time that a keeper
at tho park who can at leant be hu
mane to ohildron bo put in oharge
there
The Fioa Dispensary
The Board of Health has formally
appealed to the publio for contribu
tions with which to carry on the
free dispensary Undoubtedly a free
dipensary is needed in this com
munity But a dispensary run as
the present one haB been for tha
past Beveral years is moro of a nuis
ance than anything else booauso it
has been moro in the way than of
real value It has been shifted from
pillar to post to tho extent that the
poor and needy of the city have not
been abla to looate it for any con
siderable length of time In addi
tion to that the management has
been of the raweBt rottenest kind
The public will certainly bo willing
to respond and krop up the dispens
ary It is one of the greatest of
necessities But it is desired that
the dispensary be anohorod some
whore where tho people will be sure
of finding it the next morning and
that it be properly managed Tux
Independent is prepared to raise a
considerable fund for a dispensary
oonduoted on the old and only
proper licfm but it will not turn its
hand to assist an unworthy institu
tion operated solely for the pur
poses of private graft
The Tonr Of The Band
Mr Cohen seems to have his plans
complete for taking the band East
and the aggregation will leave here
on May 81 He announces that ho
will advertise tho coming of the
band in varioua mainland papers in
order that people may read and may
know We would like to roughly
sketch a form that the advertise
ment should take and it would be
somothing like this A company
oomposod of bow legged Dutchmen
Bparrow toed Portuguese and people
of other nationalities will arrive
here next week to give a series of
old folks concerts after the fashion
of 1870 The company colls itself
the Hawaiian band It is true
that there are no Hawaiians in it
but as the band starts out from Ho
nolulu the public should be satisfied
and should coma forward with its
patronage Admissioo ten cents
Joe Cohen manager Allan Dunn
the hot air representative I
lQterpiCtf 13 Are Milal
The absorption of the Homo Rule
party by tho Democratic party on
the island of Oahu baa been attend
ed with the usual number of difiio
ultier and others are ahead and
must be faced Kalauokalani and
his supporters have been left as is
well understood to guard the Homo
Rule flagpole But that is not a
matter that seriously eopfronto the
Democratic party at this time
What is wanted in the varioua pre
oinots is a perfect understanding
between the English speaking and
Hawaiian voters In tho several
meetiugs held last night and tho
eight bofore we had ooosajon to
notice that muoh of the disoussion
in English was not clearly under-
atnrtrt It 1 1 TJ m ntaltnnts tttlitlA rtfrtn
tically all of the discussion in Ha
waiian was not understood by tho
English speaking voters present It
soems to us that a good schome
would be for all of the precinct
clubs to have a good interpreter
pretont at every meeting in order
that all important matters which
may not bo dearly understood may
be properly explained Tho fourth
precinct of tho Fourth sot the prop
er example last night in having
present an interpreter who made
tho entire proceedings clear to both
Hawaiian and English speaking
voters in attendants
TOPICS OF THE DAY
Instead of being only a prosecu
tion it is turning out to bo persecu
tion as well Persecution begat the
animus of vindiotiveness whioh may
later find its way either in distrac
tion dosparation or
The Hawaiian bugologisls are to
leavo within a fow weeks for Aus
tralia They will thero look up cer
tain parasites to prey upon parasites
previously introduced into this coun
tryand in the natural tun of ovents
will have to go back next year to
get other parasites to prey upon the
parasites introduced this yoar This
wholo ontomological program re
minds us of the Illinois planter who
explained that ho bought guano to
raise oorn with whioh to buy more
guano with whioh to raise more oorn
for the purpose of buying more
guano
The Board of Health has ducided
to let the mosquitoes alono Thin
probably moans that the doctors
have deoided upon a new cause for
physical ills and that the ducks
will now come in for a series of pro
fessional roastiog Every newsboy
ia familiar with the fact that the
duok is a scavenger He promotes
in plaoa of imperilling health He
is a nuisance in a way but there aro
authorities that Would pile up twen
ty feet high to show that he is not a
roenaoe to publio health It seems
to us that it would be a oaso of
oharity for some kindly disposed
individual to send in to the doctors
of the Board of Health some really
tangible theory as to the probable
oausos of disease in different parts
of tho town
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A bad precedent was established
by Manager Ahrens of Oahu plan
tation in yielding to the demand of
the Japanese laborers for the dis
charge of Head Luna Patterson
Tbe jApanose wantod to get rid of
Patterson because ho is strictly
business and a man of that sort
does not make himself popular with
workmen who like to Bleep late In
the morning and oomo homo early
at night At the samo time Patter
son wbb notoriouslythe most volua
ble man at the plantation If tho
milk nnd wator management of tlio
property ia to yield to the demands
of the laborers in this manner it
will bo only a question bftimo when
the latter will be dlaposod to ask
for the disoharge of tho managor or
the change of tbo agenoy
Tho Republican party of Hawaii
makes the party pledge tho essenou
of a mans fitness for office Brains
and capabilities court for absolutely
nothing To rule is tho aim of that
party and that party cares little to
all appearances for tho ruin that
follows iu the wake of is track Tho
Democratic party on the other
haud takes into consideration the
onpobilitlm of mon Tbi ia done
on the principle that a publio officor
is a servant of tho people and that
his ability to serve tbo pooplo counts
for moro than any party pledge thot
ho may be abla to invent or endorse
The oaso of John H Wise is one in
point Mr Wise wos admittedly the
best man that could possibly bo
solected for tho position of deputy
sheriff of Waimea Hawaii He is
eminently fitted for the place and
was ontirsly satisfactory at all
hands But for the reason that ho
would not tako tho oath to support
the Republican party as we have it
in Hawaii ho was turned down
Who suffers Not Mr Wise booause
the salary ia small and ho has busi
ness of his own The publio suffers
because it is deprived of tho services
of an extremely valuable man and
for the mere reason that he will not
bend the knee to the local Repub
lican Central Committor
NICHOLS TRAINING SCHOOL
Frank Nichols haa removed his
Athletic School to the hall over the
Palace saloon at Palace square
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TKOS LINDSAY
SuaclariBg tela
Call and inspect tha beautiful and
useful display of goods for pres
ents or for personal use and adorn
ment
Ir Bmldinsr WW Port HlAk
BOCK- FOR BALUST
JWhito and Blaok Sand
In Quantitioi to Suit
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COHL i3D SOIL FOB SSIB
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the day on Hours Notioo
HiR HITCHCOCK
Office with J ill He niarrat Oar
wright Building liorohsnt Stt
HAWAIIAN
OAP
For Eyerybody
The HONOLULU SOAP WORKS
oro now putting up their BEST
Number SOAP in 50 pound Gaaea
family size at 225 per box deliver
ed freo to ovory part of the city
Full cooes 100 pounds will be de
livered at 425
For all oniply boxes returned in
good oleuu oonditiou 10 and 20
couto will bo paid
Every Family in the Islands
should have a oaso of Soap at this
prjoo The beat Soap made for the
Kuohen and Laundry Try a oase
It is oheapor than buying by the
bar
Order from tho Apjcnts
H W McChesney I Sods
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Quoou Street
218H tf
IXoutuoZrys lamoun Josoto Moore
Whiskey unequalled for it purity
and oxoellence On salo at nny of
the saloons and at Lovojoj Co
diitributlno eaants for tho Haw c a
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saved Minimum charge 92 per
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